Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2024-02-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 13
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Receipts
199 head
1,089 vs last sale 1,288 978 vs year ago 1,177 · 83.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady on a light test. Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Receipts were light today due to the winter storm that moved into the trading area over the weekend, snow totals ranged from 5 to 12 inches.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.52/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$237.52
88 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.22
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575267.071,53616thin
Medium and Large 1-2721230.951,66572
One grade step is worth $36.12/cwt here — about −$128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale88 hd
237.52
TX average5 barns · 1,479 hd
249.74
−12.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1460315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4492
HeifersMedium and Large 1200345.00/cwt345.00–345.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1270346.07/cwt342.00–350.009342
HeifersMedium and Large 1406306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,2426
HeifersMedium and Large 1861200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,70061
SteersMedium and Large 1915220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,01311
SteersMedium and Large 1713240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,71153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2283307.00/cwt307.00–307.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,1092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2397306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,2157
SteersMedium and Large 1348370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2793219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7379
SteersMedium and Large 1283400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1322
SteersMedium and Large 1373338.38/cwt335.00–342.001,2622
SteersMedium and Large 1400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4003

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.